योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-23, verse-4

न भूतयक्षरक्षांसि न गुल्मा न वनश्रियः ।
न काष्ठतृणभूतानि स्थावराणि चराणि च ॥ ४ ॥

na bhūtayakṣarakṣāṃsi na gulmā na vanaśriyaḥ ,
na kāṣṭhatṛṇabhūtāni sthāvarāṇi carāṇi ca 4

4. na bhūtayakṣarakṣāṃsi na gulmāḥ na vanaśriyaḥ
na kāṣṭhatṛṇabhūtāni sthāvarāṇi carāṇi ca

4. na bhūtayakṣarakṣāṃsi na gulmāḥ na vanaśriyaḥ
na kāṣṭhatṛṇabhūtāni sthāvarāṇi carāṇi ca

4. Neither ghosts, yakṣas, nor rākṣasas; neither bushes nor the splendors of the forest. Neither entities of wood and grass, nor stationary, nor moving beings.

4. אין שם רוחות, יַקְשָׁה (רוחות טבע) או רָאקְשָׁסָה (שדים), אין שיחים או צמחייה, ואין עצים, עשבים, עצמים דוממים או יצורים נעים.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• भूतयक्षरक्षांसि (bhūtayakṣarakṣāṁsi) - ghosts, yakṣas, and rākṣasas

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• गुल्माः (gulmāḥ) - bushes, shrubs

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• वनश्रियः (vanaśriyaḥ) - beauties/splendors of the forest

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• काष्ठतृणभूतानि (kāṣṭhatṛṇabhūtāni) - beings/entities of wood and grass

• स्थावराणि (sthāvarāṇi) - stationary beings, immobile things

• चराणि (carāṇi) - moving beings, mobile things

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

भूतयक्षरक्षांसि (bhūtayakṣarakṣāṁsi) - ghosts, yakṣas, and rākṣasas

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of bhūtayakṣarakṣas

bhūtayakṣarakṣas - ghosts, yakṣas, and rākṣasas (collectively)

Compound type : dvandva (bhūta+yakṣa+rakṣas)

• bhūta – being, creature, ghost, element
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root bhū 'to be'
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• yakṣa – class of semi-divine beings, often guardians of wealth
  noun (masculine)
• rakṣas – demon, evil spirit, rākṣasa
  noun (neuter)

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

गुल्माः (gulmāḥ) - bushes, shrubs

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gulma

gulma - bush, shrub, cluster of plants, troop of soldiers

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

वनश्रियः (vanaśriyaḥ) - beauties/splendors of the forest

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vanaśrī

vanaśrī - forest beauty, splendor of the forest

Compound type : tatpurusha (vana+śrī)

• vana – forest, wood, grove
  noun (neuter)
• śrī – splendor, glory, beauty, prosperity
  noun (feminine)

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

काष्ठतृणभूतानि (kāṣṭhatṛṇabhūtāni) - beings/entities of wood and grass

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of kāṣṭhatṛṇabhūta

kāṣṭhatṛṇabhūta - entities made of wood and grass, plants

Compound type : dvandva tatpurusha (kāṣṭha+tṛṇa+bhūta)

• kāṣṭha – wood, stick, log
  noun (neuter)
• tṛṇa – grass, straw, blade of grass
  noun (neuter)
• bhūta – being, creature, element, existing
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root bhū 'to be'
  Root: bhū (class 1)

स्थावराणि (sthāvarāṇi) - stationary beings, immobile things

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of sthāvara

sthāvara - immobile, stationary, fixed, plants

from root sthā 'to stand'

Root: sthā (class 1)

चराणि (carāṇi) - moving beings, mobile things

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of cara

cara - moving, movable, mobile, animals

from root car 'to move'

Root: car (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

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